Felicity Jones

With vintage beauty and a sweet, innocent demeanor, rising British starlet Felicity Jones started amassing acting credentials overseas before she burst onto the Hollywood scene. She first became well...
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Benedict Cumberbatch's wartime drama The Imitation Game looks set to dominate the upcoming Empire Awards after scooping six nominations. The biopic of codebreaker Alan Turing, which failed to score any big prizes at the Academy Awards on Sunday (22Feb15), will compete against Boyhood, Interstellar, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes for the Best Film title.
The drama is also nominated for Best British Film, Best Thriller, Best Actor for Cumberbatch, Best Actress for Keira Knightley and Best Director for Morten Tyldum.
It is closely followed by The Hobbit finale, Kingsman: The Secret Service, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which scored four nods each.
Cumberbatch will compete against Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything), Richard Armitage (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies), and Andy Serkis (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) for the Best Actor title, while Knightley is up against Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl), Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow), and Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) for the Best Actress prize.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu was missed off the Best Director shortlist for his work on Birdman, and nods were instead given to Christopher Nolan (Interstellar), Richard Linklater (Boyhood), Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), and The Hobbit's Peter Jackson.
The Imitation Game will compete against Paddington, Under the Skin, The Theory of Everything, and Kingsman: The Secret Service for Best British Film.
The winners, which are decided by public vote, will be announced on 29 March (15) in London.

Eddie Redmayne is planning to visit Stephen Hawking as soon as he returns to Britain so he can show his Oscar statuette to the scientist he portrayed in The Theory Of Everything. The British star won the coveted Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role prize at the Academy Awards on Sunday (22Feb15) for playing Hawking in the acclaimed drama.
Speaking after his big win, Redmayne revealed he is now planning a trip to Cambridge, England to visit Hawking and his ex-wife Jane, who was played by Felicity Jones in the movie.
Redmayne told reporters backstage at the Oscars ceremony, "They've (Stephen and Jane Hawking) been so kind to us throughout the process. I'm one of those people who, when they see a film, I believe what I see on the screen. So there was a great responsibility to tell their story truthfully and authentically... Any excuse to go back to Cambridge, it's such a beautiful place."
The actor adds of his enthusiastic acceptance speech, "(I was) trying to deal with a frenzy of nerves and white noise. Then of course you forget everything. It was euphoria, certainly something I won't forget in a hurry."
Jones, who lost out on the Best Actress award to Julianne Moore, tells Britain's Sky News, "It's been incredible. I've just tried to enjoy it... I've been nervous for five hours... (Redmayne's wife) Hannah and I were holding hands (as they called out the Best Actor winner)... It was just such a relief and such a well deserved win."
However, the actress is not upset after failing to replicate her co-star's success, adding, "(There were) amazing performances from all those actresses... I really admire Julianne Moore."

British actress Felicity Jones has joined Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard by landing a part in Inferno, the third big screen adaptation of author Dan Brown's mystery thrillers. The Theory of Everything star has reportedly been cast as Dr. Sienna Brooks, who helps Harvard symbologist Professor Robert Langdon, played by Hanks, piece together his memories after suffering amnesia. Inferno is slated to hit cinemas in 2016.

British actor Eddie Redmayne is planning to treat his wife to a second honeymoon after the Hollywood awards season comes to an end.
The Theory of Everything star wed Hannah Bagshawe on 15 December (14) and they managed to squeeze in a short Alpine break around Redmayne's industry commitments. However, the actor is determined to whisk her away for a proper honeymoon in an exotic sun-soaked location once his schedule clears after the Oscars this month (Feb15).
He says, "The plan is to go sit on a beach somewhere with Hannah as she certainly deserves it... I'll get more freckles." Redmayne won the Best Leading Actor prize at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards on Sunday (08Feb15) for his portrayal of Professor Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, and he is also nominated for a slew of other honours for the role, including an Academy Award.

The Theory Of Everything has become an early winner at the 2015 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards by scooping the Outstanding British Film prize. The biopic of physicist Stephen Hawking, portrayed by Eddie Redmayne, beat competition from The Imitation Game, Paddington, Under the Skin, '71 and Pride to claim the coveted title at London's Royal Opera House on Sunday (08Feb15).
The drama is nominated in nine other categories including Best Film, Best Actor for Redmayne, Best Actress for Felicity Jones and Best Director for James Marsh.
Filmmakers behind Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel also had reason to celebrate after taking home the accolade for Best Original Music.
The oddball comedy leads the nominees with 11 nods, closely followed by Birdman and The Theory of Everything with 10.
British rockers Kasabian opened the show, which is being presented by actor/comedian Stephen Fry for the 10th time.

Keira Knightley has recreated the famous orgasm scene from 1989's When Harry Met Sally for a new short film. The actress joins fellow Brits Eddie Redmayne, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dominic West, Felicity Jones and Sir Kenneth Branagh, among others, in Jason Bell's new Vanity Fair film, in which the stars recreate famous movie scenes and lines.
Knightley takes on Meg Ryan's fake climax in the film, while Jones teams up with Tom Hiddleston for a Bonnie & Clyde scene, West tackles Marlon Brando's 'I could've been a contender' speech from On The Waterfront in a bar, and Branagh revives Richard III's 'My kingdom for a horse' monologue while chatting on the phone.
Bell's new film can be seen on Vanity Fair's website.

Actress Rene Russo fought back tears as she accepted a Best Supporting Actress honour for her role in Nightcrawler at the 14th annual Movies For Grownups Awards Gala in Beverly Hills, on Monday (02Feb15), as she paid tribute to her mum and a favourite teacher. Announcing "I’ve never won anything in my frickin' life", the 60-year-old Thomas Crown Affair star appeared stunned to accept "my first award ever", and took a moment during her emotional speech to thank her mother, Shirley Balocca Russo, calling her "the best mum in the world", and then turning her attention to her 8th grade Spanish teacher.
Russo said the unnamed educator helped her navigate through "all those f**ked-up, a**hole football players. They called me Jolly Green Giant. You didn’t keep me from dropping out of high school, but you did keep me from killing myself."
She finished her acceptance speech by singling out her longtime agent, John Crosby, who she described as "a kick-a**, cigar-smoking, Scotch-drinking, kilt-wearing, hot-as-hell for a man who has been my manager for nearly half a century", adding, "Thank you for making up for my deadbeat dad, and putting me up for every single movie I was sure I wasn’t good enough to do."
And the last tribute went to her husband and Nightcrawler director Dan Gilroy, stating, "You wrote the most kick-a** movie, it was absolutely perfect, and you fit me into it. You’re the most amazing director and you direct me with love and compassion and kindness and everything that you are, truly, every day."
Russo wasn't the only Hollywood star honoured at the AARP event - her Tin Cup co-star Kevin Costner, Julianne Moore, J.K. Simmons, and Theory of Everything co-stars Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones were also presented with awards.

Oscar nominee Felicity Jones is reportedly close to signing on for an upcoming Star Wars spin-off film. The Theory of Everything star is in talks to become the female lead for the stand-alone project from director Gareth Edwards.
She beat out the likes of Orphan Black actress Tatiana Maslany and Girl with the Dragon Tattoo star Rooney Mara for the coveted role, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
While representatives for Disney and Lucasfilm have not commented on the reports, rumours have also surfaced that Breaking Bad alum Aaron Paul is being eyed for the male lead.
The Star Wars spin-off is slated to hit cinemas in December, 2016.

"Watching Keeping Up With the Kardashians is so relaxing. It's how I switch off. And they all have an incredible work ethic, don't they?" Oscar nominee Felicity Jones is a fan of Kim Kardashian and her family's long-running reality TV series.

Birdman, Guardians Of The Galaxy and The Grand Budapest Hotel took home top accolades at the Art Directors Guild awards on Saturday night (31Jan15). A host of stars, including George Clooney, Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, attended the event at the The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.
Guardians of Galaxy took home the Fantasy Film award, The Grand Budapest Hotel was feted with Period Film title and Birdman continued its winning streak through the 2015 awards season by picking up the Contemporary Film honour.
Other winners included TV shows American Horror Story: Freak Show, The Big Bang Theory and Game of Thrones.
The full winners list is:
Fantasy Film - Guardians of the Galaxy
Period Film - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Contemporary Film - Birdman
One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Television Series - Game of Thrones
One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Television Series - True Detective
Television Movie or Mini-Series - American Horror Story: Freak Show
Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series - Silicon Valley
Awards or Event Special - 86th Annual Academy Awards
Multi-Camera Television Series - The Big Bang Theory
Variety, Competition, Reality, or Game Show Series - Portlandia
Short Format: WebSeries, Music Video or Commercial - Apple 'Perspective'
Cinematic Imagery Award - Christopher Nolan
Lifetime Achievement Awards - Jim Bissell, Camille Abbott, John P. Bruce, Will Ferrell
Hall of Fame Inductees - John Gabriel Beckman, Charles Lisanby, Walter Tyler

Played the young wife in Stephen Frears' "Chéri" opposite Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, and Kathy Bates

Summary

With vintage beauty and a sweet, innocent demeanor, rising British starlet Felicity Jones started amassing acting credentials overseas before she burst onto the Hollywood scene. She first became well known to young television audiences in England in the late 1990s as the bully, Ethel Hallow, on the series "The Worst Witch" (BBC, 1998-2001) and then in her reprised role on the spin-off, "Weirdsister College" (ITV1, 2001-02). Jones was also recognized as the longtime voice of Emma Grundy on the BBC Radio series, "The Archers" (1951- ). Gaining momentum in a series of films, television shows and stage performances, the English rose transitioned from the children's market and slipped gracefully into teen notoriety, playing adolescent roles well into her twenties. In 2007, she scored the lead in ITV's "Northanger Abbey" as a 17-year old with classic appeal, and the following year she played the alluring Robina Redmond on the iconic television hit series, "Doctor Who," (BBC, 2005- ). After the role of Margot Frank in the television miniseries, "The Diary of Anne Frank" (2009), her first major role arrived when she co-starred alongside British comedy genius Ricky Gervais in 1970s-set feature, "Cemetery Junction" (2010). And although Felicity Jones had been a rising star for some years, her road to stardom reached new heights with her performance as Anna in the bittersweet romance, "Like Crazy" (2011), propelling the talented British starlet to fame and fortune in America.